Promoting the Value of Quality Advice
GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS
Katrina Shanks says a big part of her work is to help Kiwis understand the value of quality advice, and...
Life Insurance More Important Than Home or Vehicle Insurance – Survey
An international survey has found that a greater percentage of people feel life insurance as more important to have than home/property insurance or vehicle...
Advisers Exiting the Industry Need to Retain PI Cover
Our story of the week looks at professional indemnity cover and why financial advisers leaving the industry need to protect themselves against the risk...
The Future of Health Insurance
GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS
It's only by understanding people’s needs that the insurance sector can help close the gap between public and private healthcare,...
How Insurance Can Help Ease the Pandemic’s Toll on Consumers
GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS
Over the past two-and-a-half years we’ve seen the world re-configure at a dramatic pace, says Katrina Shanks. It has also...
Concerns Remain Over Government’s Proposed Income Protection Scheme
GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS
To gauge the impact of the Government's proposed Income Protection Scheme, Financial Advice NZ held a webinar where advisers discussed...
New Ideas and Conversations Ready to be Ignited
GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS
Ignite – it’s the core theme and title of our 2022 Financial Advice NZ conference, which is shaping up to...
Insuring the Unvaccinated – a Dilemma for the Industry
How insurers take Covid-19 vaccination status into account when setting life and health premiums is fraught with issues, as Andrew Horne and Olivia de...
Fees for Advice Risk Consumers Being Offered ‘Vanilla’ Advice
If the financial advice sector is forced to drop commission payments then it could risk leaving consumers with a handful of corporates offering them...